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The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report

Opioid Addiction (May) | 2014

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FDA Approves New Naloxone Device to Prevent Overdose Deaths

As deaths from heroin and other opioids continue to skyrocket nationwide, the FDA recently fast-tracked approval of a lifesaving device to reverse opioid overdoses. Read More

WHO Releases Guidelines on Perinatal Addiction

The World Health Organization has released evidence-based guidelines for healthcare professionals to help pregnant women who abuse alcohol or other drugs. Read More

Informed Consent in Opioid Addiction Treatment: An Ethical Obligation

Informed consent—whether it be for psychotherapy, prescribing a medication, or performing a surgical procedure—is an ethical principle firmly established in law and medicine. While there has been no formal research on this subject, my experience suggests that many addiction treatment programs fail to obtain valid informed consent. Read More

Vivitrol: Another Option for Opioid Addiction?

Naltrexone first hit the US market as an oral medication (ReVia) way back in 1984. Over the years, it developed a solid reputation for treating alcoholism and remains a first-line therapy today. Naltrexone was a bust, however, when it came to treating opioid addiction. Read More

Methadone versus Buprenorphine

Get insight into the differences between methadone and buprenorphine when used to treat opioid addiction, in an interview with Gavin Bart, MD, PhD, FACP, FASAM, director of the division of addiction medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minnesota. Read More

Addiction Following Bariatric Surgery

More than 100,000 Americans undergo surgery each year, about a 10-fold increase compared to the 1990s (Nguyen NT et al, J Am Coll Surg 2011;213(2):261–266). Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) is the most common procedure performed. As surgical volumes increased, reports started to emerge about addiction following surgery. Read More

Learning Objectives, Opioid Addiction, CATR, May 2014

After reading these articles, you should be able to… Read More
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Noah Capurso, MD, MHS,

Dr. Capurso is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and practices clinically at the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital. He attended medical school at Yale, where he received his MD, and where he conducted research in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He stayed at Yale for residency and addiction psychiatry fellowship training. As an educator, Dr. Capurso teaches medical students about addiction treatment and develops the psychiatric curriculum for residents. As a clinician, Dr. Capurso is the medical director of the VA’s Detoxification & Addiction Stabilization Service and the Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Program.

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